March 13 

624: Islamic forces under the command of
Muhammad were victorious at the Battle of Badr which cemented the power of the
Moslem leader with all that we would mean for civilization in general and the
Jews in particular.

1202: Seventy-six…

March
5

363: Roman Emperor
Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire,
in a campaign which will bring to his own death. Julian followed Constantine to
the throne and turned back his predecessor’s pro-Christian promu…

February
28

628: Persian Shah Khosrau II who “conquered
Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the Byzantine – Sasanian War” came
passed away today.

1255: Bishop Richard of Worms transferred to
the chapter of the local cathedral, among other rev…

February 27

272:  Birthdate of
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor from 306 to
337.  Constantine adopted Christianity as the state religion for
the Roman Empire which marked a turning point (negative) for the Jews of
Eur…

February
23

42(16th
of Adar, 3892): King Agrippa I began the construction of a gate for the of
Jerusalem (pg 128)

68(4th
of Adar, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian occupied the city of Gadara
as the legions made their slow, inexorable march t…

February
13

515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the
construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem.

996: Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim who “ordered…Jews
to wear wooden calves around their necks” began his reign today.

1130: The Papacy of Honorius I…

January 28

 814:
Charlemagne passed away. The grandson of Charles Martel was one of the greatest
European rulers during the Dark Ages.  There was nothing Dark about his
treatment of the Jews.  For the most part, he ignored canon law and…